Guidelines for Themed Topics/Issues Published in AAPS PharmSciTech

1. AAPS PharmSciTech invites the submission and publication of themed topics/issues on contemporary issues in the pharmaceutical sciences. These themed topics/issues may be solicited by the editor, or voluntarily submitted.
2. When published from symposia and workshops, the articles are to be entitled "AAPS Themed Topic/Issue: ...(insert the official symposium title)...". Suitable footnotes will acknowledge the relevant symposium and meeting
3. Ordinarily, these themed topics and issues are guest edited by leading investigators in the field, or by symposia/workshop organizers, with suitable acknowledgement by the journal. The editor of the journal, however, will make the final editorial decisions.
4. For symposia/workshop contributions, it is not necessary that all oral presentations will result in written publications, but it is desirable to have a critical mass (say, no less than three articles) for the heading mentioned in item #1 to be used; if less than 3 papers are received, they can be considered individually for publication as a stand-alone paper (with a footnote denoting its affiliation with the symposium concerned).
5. At the discretion of the guest editor(s) and the journal editor, additional papers may be invited, if desired, with appropriate footnotes to denote such invitations.
6. Each proceeding paper would ideally be in the format of a "state-of-the-art" review, of at least 3500 words (about 8 manuscript pages), with suitable tables, figures and references. However, variations to this format may be made at the joint discretion of the guest editor and the journal editor.
7. These manuscripts will undergo peer-review and editorial review, consistent with the policy of the journal.
8. If appropriate, such proceedings may be considered for publication as a book, either alternatively or subsequent to journal publication.
9. Ideally, themed topics/issues arising from symposia/workshop are published within 6 months of the relevant meeting.
10. Papers should be submitted online to manuscripts@aaps.org according to the style of the journal (see instructions to authors, www.aapspharmscitech.org/about/default.asp?nav=1). Please indicate the title of the "themed issue/topic" on the cover-page of the submission communication.